Hello, Quilting Board quilters!
I'm a relatively new quilter-- meaning that I've been working on quilts for a few years, now, but haven't actually completed that many, yet!
I started out as a rag quilter (using denim and flannel), and after making several of those, I decided to try traditional quilting-- piecing cotton, making a quilt sandwich, etc.
I've only finished one "real" quilt so far-- a string quilt from a kit my mother made for me-- but I also have one quilt top finished and another that is nearly ready. There's also a growing collection of crumb blocks and about five smaller quilt projects (about runner and small wall-hanging size). My "would like to make" list is long.
I enjoy piecing and love finished quilts, but I want to find a better solution for the actual quilting of my projects, because I do Not enjoy wrestling blankets through my domestic sewing machine (straight-line stitching only, so far), and yet I shudder at the thought of hand-quilting much, because I'm not great at hand stitching. (I'm sure I can learn, and I'd like to try it on a small project, sometime, but I'm not excited by the thought of hand-stitching or tying all my future quilts.)
So that's really why I've finally joined this board. I'm hoping to maybe get some in-put on where to go from here, and I'll be posting questions elsewhere on the forum, eventually. I've already found some valuable information while browsing the board, and I'm sure that's only the beginning!